Gideon Khobane | |
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Born | Itumeleng Gideon Khobane March 6, 1977 |
Education | Queen's College |
Alma mater | University of South Africa |
Occupation | Businessman |
Title | CEO of SuperSport |
Spouse | Susan Younis (m. 2015) |
Children | 1 |
Website | www.supersport.com |
Itumeleng Gideon Khobane (born 6 March 1977) is the CEO of MultiChoice subsidiary SuperSport. [1]
Khobane was born in Springs, Gauteng and was educated at Queen's College where he played athletics and rugby then matriculated in 1995. [2] He has Masters in Marketing and Management at Wits Business School and a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing and Management at University of South Africa.[ citation needed ]
He was the CEO of SuperSport International from April 2016. He was previously also the director of general entertainment channels for M-Net.
In August 2014, he got engaged to Susan Younis, the Executive Producer of MTV Base Africa and founder of Ms You TV and they married on 30 October 2015. [3] They have a son named Amani Ellie Khobane born in 2017. [4]
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